Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Obelisk
- District
- Colchester
- Town
- Colchester
- County
- Essex
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 22337
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Current location
Colchester Castle
Inner Bailey
Colchester
Colchester
Essex
CO1 1TJ
England
OS Grid Ref: TL 99866 25325
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Square base surmounted by plinth and obelisk. Inscription on the south face of the plinth. Obelisk stands at the centre of a linear pathway which extends to encircle the memorial.
- Inscription
- THIS STONE/ MARKS THE SPOT/ WHERE ON AUGUST 28. 1648/ AFTER THE SURRENDER/ OF THE TOWN,/ THE TWO ROYALIST CAPTAINS/ SIR CHARLES LUCAS,/ AND SIR GEORGE LISLE,/ WERE SHOT BY ORDER OF/ SIR THOMAS FAIRFAX, / THE PARLIAMENTARIAN/ GENERAL.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,,place of death,forename,manner of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- English Civil Wars (1642-1651)
- Components
- Obelisk
Measurements: height c 3000mm, width c 600mm
Materials: Granite
- Obelisk
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Sir Charles Lucas & Sir Georgec Lisle
- WMO ID: 264274
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 18-06-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Colchester Borough Council
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